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Home  FALL 2009, VOL. 6, #3
FALL 2009, VOL. 6, #3
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Editorial comment for Fall 2009 issue of the Journal of Social Work Values & Ethics. |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 27 October 2009 )
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Policies in the United States regarding personal responsibility and deviant behavior often follow an underlying moral philosophy. This article examines the philosophies in American social policy, and how beliefs about personal responsibility, definitions of deviance, and the role of the social welfare system shape current policies.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 28 October 2009 )
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First Nations children have been dramatically over-represented in the Canadian child welfare system for more than 50 years. As western theoretical approaches have not successfully informed effective interventions to address the problem, this article suggests that new theories based on First Nations ontology and western physics may be more promising. The discussion begins with a general exploration of First Nations and western ontology before analyzing ecological theory, structural theory, and anti-oppressive approaches in the context of First Nations child welfare. The article goes on to suggest that physics’ theory of everything more closely approximates First Nations ontology and provides a framework for the presentation of a new First Nations theory called the breath of life theory, which will be fully presented in a future article. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 28 October 2009 )
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Social work educators play a critical role in student ethical development. Social work programs have plagiarism policies which address academic dishonesty. Additionally, social workers are governed by codes of ethics, which explicate obligations to address unethical behavior. Academic administrators are also called on to ensure compliance with these codes. This article discusses academic dishonesty within the framework of the National Association of Social Workers’ Code of Ethics (1999) and argues that detecting and responding to plagiarism are professional ethical obligations. |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 29 October 2009 )
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Practice research finds that many practitioners do not regularly provide clients with full informed consent (Burkemper, 2004); that biases influence social workers’ judgment of competency and the nature of information disclosed (Palmer & Kaufman, 2003; Zayas, Cabassa, & Perez, 2005); and that violations relating to informed consent were among the ten most common complaints against social workers between 1986 and 1997 (Strom-Gottfried, 2003). An additional concern, one not adequately addressed in the literature, concerns the information disclosed to clients about the efficacy of interventions. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 28 October 2009 )
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Social work socialization is a lifelong process that shapes social values and ethics for students, professors, and professional social workers. It is both a subjective spiritual journey of identification with heroes and a more objective journey to satisfactorily understand society and its structures. Jane Addams' life and metatheoretical vision of democracy and social ethics offer social work a much needed direction for the 21st century. |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 29 October 2009 )
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This exercise is designed for either bachelor’s or master’s level students with varying levels of knowledge of the Code of Ethics and ethical practice. It is based on real life practice situations and provides an engaged environment for students to learn about the concepts of ethics and practice ethical decision-making. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 28 October 2009 )
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A letter to the editor in response to Spano & Koenig. |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 29 October 2009 )
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A letter from a reader in response to Ogden Rogers. |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 27 October 2009 )
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Book review of Teaching Social Work Values and Ethics: A Curriculum Resource, 2nd ed.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 29 October 2009 )
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Book review of Ethical Decisions for Social Work Practice 7th edition |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 28 October 2009 )
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Book review of Hospice and palliative care: The essential guide (2nd Edition). |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 28 October 2009 )
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Book review of Guide to Caregiving in the Final Moments of Life. |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 27 October 2009 )
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Book review of Marsiglia, F.F., & Kulis, S. (2009). Diversity, oppression, and change: Culturally grounded social work. Chicago: Lyceum Books. |
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 31 October 2009 )
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